How to contact Google Apps support

24/7 phone, email and chat support is available with your Google Apps for Work account. If you're an administrator, sign in to your account and click on the Contact Us button to access contact options. Read below to learn more about contacting Google Apps support.

Critical service-access issue affecting more than one user. Service unavailable or unusable with no workaround.

Widespread email delays affecting the majority of email being sent or received.

P2: High Impact

Critical service-access issue affecting one user or an issue affecting collaboration among users. Product does not work as expected, with no feasible workaround.

A user is unable to access email and is receiving a 500 Error page.

P3: Medium Impact

Product does not work as expected, but a workaround is easily available.

Unable to delete a group forum post using the Delete button, but the message can be deleted with some URL manipulation.

P4: Low Impact

Product does not work as desired, but functions and a workaround is not necessary.

A user is not able to easily add new words to the spell-check dictionary.

3. Initial response

After we've investigated the case, we'll provide technical support according to the terms outlined in our Technical Support Services Guidelines. In layman's terms, we've got you covered if you're contacting us about one of the core Google Apps services.

Google Apps core services

Gmail

Google Drive and Docs editors

Google Calendar

Google Sites

Google Groups

Google Contacts

Google Talk or Google Hangouts

Google Apps Vault

Google Classroom (Google Apps for Education customers only)

4. Additional investigation

If we're investigating a complex scenario, we'll need to gather more information from you or conduct additional testing. In these cases, your full cooperation will expedite the resolution timeframe. We may ask you to:

List exact reproduction steps

Follow recommended troubleshooting tests

Collect and send additional information such as log files or message headers

In some instances, we may route the case to a specialist team for further investigation.

Resolution times vary depending on the complexity of the issue and the availability of appropriate troubleshooting data.

5. Solution offered

Regardless of the issue, our mandate is to offer you a viable solution. Depending on the case, a solution could take any of the following forms:

We fixed your issue, provided a solution, or answered your question.

The feature is now working as expected.

We submitted your feature request to the product team.

We weren't able to reproduce the issue and provided recommendations to you for further investigation.

A third-party product team is involved, and you need to contact them for further assistance.

We are unable to resolve or currently do not offer support for the issue you contacted us about

Let us know how we did! After your case is resolved, you'll receive a quick email survey about how we handled your case. Your feedback is crucial in making improvements to our support structure and our products.

As your business grows, so does ours. In order to meet the support needs of our growing customer base, we engage with a select group of trusted support service providers. Like our customers, these service providers are diverse. They speak many languages and are strategically located to ensure we can support you whenever you need help. Each service provider goes through a rigorous selection process to ensure they have the required technical expertise, and we maintain an appropriate level of security and privacy so that together, we can provide you with a consistent support experience.